Atkin, in his Medical Directory for 1855,
thus mentions this distinguished man : He was one of the first English medical practitioners who adopted the
homoeopathic system of medicine.

Born in the year

1808, he became a licentiate of the Apothecaries Company in 1829.

In

1830 he accepted the appointment of
medical attendant to the family of the Marquis of Anglesey and traveled with one of the members thereof on the
continent.

In

1833 he took his degree of M. D. at Freiburgh. In 1834 he
returned to and commenced practice in London,
as a homoeopathic practitioner.

In

1838 he published a work bearing the
following title : "The
Pathogenetic Effect of some of the Principal Homoeopathic Remedies."

And again, in

1841, he published " The Practical Advantages of
Homoeopathy,"
which he was permitted to dedicate to Her Majesty, Queen Adelaide ; and was at the period of his death engaged on
a translation of " Hartmann's
Therapie."

Queen Adélaïde

Dr.

Dunsford enjoyed the personal esteem of Hahnemann, and doubtless it was from that master spirit
himself that he imbibed those large and comprehensive views of Homoeopathy
which so eminently characterize his writings, and so successfully appeared
in his practice.

Immediately after his return to

London,
Dr. Dunsford's practice began to extend and
increase - his quiet and gentlemanly bearing, his patient attention to the
tale of the afflicted, combined with a quick apprehension of the nature of
the disease labored under, and a generally fortunate mode of treatment, so
enhanced his reputation, that he speedily rose to one of the first
physicians in the city, and had the honor of prescribing for Her late Majesty, the Queen Dowager, during the lifetime of the king.

Dr.

Dunsford died at London on the night of the 17th of June, 1847 in the 39th year of his age.

The immediate cause of his death was cerebral congestion and effusion
into the ventricles.

Cut down in the prime of his days, and at the very time when his
talents were becoming known, his death was widely and deeply deplored, and
his name to this day, is held in affectionate and grateful remembrance by
many of his former friends and patients.

Dr.

Dunsford left a widow and five children. The
following is the report of Mr. White Cooper, who made the post- mortem :

Post-mortem made about twenty hours after death. The examination was
confined to the head.

Some difficulty was experienced in the preliminary steps in consequence
of the unusual density and thickness of the cranium.

The necessary section having been completed, endeavors were made to
remove the upper portion of the cranium, but so firmly adherent was the
dura mater that it was found impracticable to do so.

During the removal of the brain between two and three ounces of serum
escaped from beneath the arachnoid, and possibly from the ventricles.

The sinuses of the brain were gorged with blood. The dura mater having
been reflected, the pia mater presented the appearance of great
vascularity, and on the tipper surface of the left hemisphere there was a
small quantity of gritty deposit. The brain was of large size and somewhat
beyond the usual weight.

The cerebral substance was of a natural consistence, but highly
vascular throughout. The lateral ventricles contained a small quantity of
fluid, but there was reason to believe that a portion had previously
escaped.

The third ventricle was dilated. The lining membrane of the ventricles
was much injected.

The cerebellum and pons varolii were congested, but otherwise healthy.
The medulla spinalis was engorged and much blood flowed from the divided
vessels of the membrane.

There appeared to have been effusion into the theca. These were the
only abnormal appearances discovered upon careful examination.